Cholesterol
Subtitle: its functions and metabolism in biology and medicine
By: edited by Robert Bittman.
Contributors: Bittman, Robert.
Series: Subcellular biochemistry -- v. 28.
Publisher: Plenum Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 548
Subjects: Cholesterol -- metabolism.; Cholesterol -- Metabolism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Signaling molecules derived from the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway; value: Coordinate regulation of cholesterol 7a-hydroxylase and HMG-CoA reductase in the liver; value: Polyprenyl diphosphate synthases; value: Antifungal sterol biosynthesis inhibitors; value: The Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: a potentially fatal birth defect caused by a block in the last enzymatic step in cholesterol biosynthesis; value: Has nature designed the cholesterol side chain for optimal interaction with phospholipids?; value: Cholesterol and myelin; value: Regulation of mitochondrial cholesterol metabolism; value: Lipoproteins and cellular cholesterol homeostasis; value: Cholesterol-sphingomyelin interactions in cells - effects on lipid metabolism; value: Mechanisms and (patho)physiological significance of biliary cholesterol secretion; value: Cholesterol deposition in atherosclerotic lesions; value: Cholesterol metabolism and tumor cell proliferation; value: Biological implications of the Niemann-Pick C mutation; value: Sitosterolemia; value: Cholesterol cytochemistry in cell biology and disease; value: Approaches for the design of novel anti-atherogenic compounds; value: Index.